<p>meg Finn Is In A Tough Spot. Really Tough. For Her Last Act On Earth, She Committed A Crime - And Lost Her Life As A Result. Now Meg's Spirit Is Stuck In Limbo, Due To A Dead-even Tally Of Good And Evil Deeds. Meg's Only Chance At Salvation Is To Return To Earth And Stack On A Few More Good Deeds - Namely, Helping The Old Man Whose Apartment She Was Robbing During Her Last Appearance. For Better Or Worse, That Man Needs A Lot Of Help. In Fact, He Has A Whole List Of Wishes He Wants To Fill Before He Dies. And It's Up To Meg To Make Those Wishes Come True - Before Her Own Time Is Up....</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>the Author Of Artemis Fowl Turns His Keen Wit To The Afterlife In This Darkly Humorous Tale, Wrote Pw In A Starred Review Of This Novel, About An Irish Girl Who Embarks On A Journey To Help The Man She Tried To Rob Before She Was Killed In An Explosion. Ages 10-up. (july) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.</p>